Phonograph-record storage-cabinet.



A. F. KRUEGER. PHONQGR'APH Hicom) STORAGE CABINET.,

APPLICATION FILED lULY 3l |916.

Patented Feb. v152; MMS.

ADOLPI-I F. KRUEGER, OIE MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

PHONOGRAPH-RECORD STORAGE-CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

llatented Feb.. 12, ll.

Application filed July 31, 1916. Serial No.' 112,281.

To all whom it' may concern Be it known that I, ADoLPH F. KRUEGER, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Phonograph-Record Storage-Cabinets; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in storage cabinets for phonograph records or like articles.

It is primarily the object of the present invention to provide a storage cabinet for records, wherein the records are readily accessible, and wherein the disposition of the records in the cabinet may be most readily ascertained to thus eliminate the necessity7 for the inconvenientindeX of records usually employed in connection with record cabi-V nets.

A further and important object of the invention resides in the provision of a storage cabinet wherein the various compartments are each adapted to operatively hold either ten inch or twelve inch records, thus permitting tiling of the records in any desired logical order without reference to the size of the record.

A still further object of the invention resides in the provision of a record `storage apparatus which may comprise a plurality of units adapted for association with the usual record storage compartment of a pho- -nograph cabinet, whereby the present invention may be applied to various types of phonograph cabinets now in use.

lVith the above and other objects and advantages in view, the invention resides more particularly in the novel combination, arrangement and formation of parts more particularly hereinafter described and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a horizontal sectional view through a record storage cabinet constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of a unit of the cabinet.

Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, showing the limited holding means of the record carrying plates.

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view on the line #14 of F ig. 1, showing the saine structure. c

F ig. 5 is a detail sectional view on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1 showing the means for holding the cabinet within a record storage l com pa rtment.

Fig. G is a View showing the securing means of the front edges ot' the partitions.

Fig. 7 is a detail sectional view on the line 7--7 of Fig. iinger piece and name tab.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawings, there is shown one unit ot' a record storage apparatus, which comprises the casing 10 open at its front and provided with a plurality of horizontal partitions 1l dividing the casing into a desired number of record receiving compartments. These partitions are preferably formed 0f sheets of relatively stiff paper or other suit-- able material and are secured in the casing by engagement of their laterally turned side and rear edges therewith. The front edges of the partition sheets are bent about lengths of wire l2 and the ends 'of these wires project into the side walls of the casing 10, to thus procure a sulliciently stiff and relatively durable structure. lidably seated on each of the partitions l1 is a recordcarrying plate 13, which has its side edges bent upwardly at 14 to somewhat stiien the plate. Each of these plates is held for limited sliding movement within the casing by downwardly turned side edge portions 15, adjacent its forward end, which engage in slots 1G formed by cutting away the forward side portions of the partitions. As will be noted more particularly in Fig. 3, however, these record carrying plates may be withdrawn from the casing by pulling them outwardly to their forward limit of movement and then lifting the plates so that their stops l5 clear the slots.

To adapt these record carrying plates `readily for use in connection with the different conventional sizes of records, holding blocks 17 are provided which are of a gen- 1, showing the combined i portion of the plate. One oi" the sides 19 of each block is curved throughout and adapted when the block is swung rearwardly to engage a large record, while another side has a portion curved at 20 to correspond to the curvature of and to engage a small record when the block is swung forwardly and the blocks are held in their swung position by abutment with the laterally turned side edges of the carrying plate.

To provide indicating tabs for the carrying plates, which form at the same time tinger pieces whereby the plates may be readily manipulated, a sheet ot' transparent material 22 has one end passed through a slot K23 in the front edge portion of one side of parent plate 22 is also extended forwardly ot' the carrying plate 13 and has its forward end bent about the plate 2l to thus form a channel adapted to receive a Symbol strip Q5, on which-is preferably designated the name of the record, and also an index number should it be desired to employ an index in connection with the present apparatus. The arrangement thus procured to hold the symbol strip 25, provides also a firm anchorage for the finger piece which is at the same time formed.

A plurality of casings 10, which as stated each comprise Va unit ot' the present device, are adapted for disposition in the usual record storage chamber ol a phonograph cabinet, and to prevent accidental displacement of the casings, the forward ends of their side walls are provided with open bottom recesses :2G in the rear portions of which are pivoted the ends ot' the bars '27 which extend outwardly of the recesses at the front of the walls and which carry intermediate spursV 28 adapted upon actuation ot' the bars to bite into the bottom of the record compartment, or into the side wall portions ot' a casing disposed thereunder.

It may, however, under some conditions be desired to associate the present record holding plates 13 with the storage record compartment of a phonograph cabinet during the manufacture thereof, and in this instance the casings lO may he dispensed with,

and the partitions 11 secured directly to the walls of the compartment.

l claim: Y

l. A storage cabinet for phonograph records including a casing, a horizontal partition in the casinghaving a slot adjacent one side', and a record carrying plate slidable on Said partition, one portion ot' the plate being bent downwardly and extended into the slot to limit sliding movement of the plate.

2. A storage cabinet for phonograph records including a cas1ng,`a horizontal pai-t1- tion having a slot adjacent its engagement with the wall of the casing, and a record carrying plate vslidable on the partition and having its opposite sides bent laterally for engagement with the side Walls of the'c'asing, one portion' ot' said laterally extended members being bent downwardly and disposed in said slot to limit sliding movement of the plate; i Y

3. A storage cabinet' for 'phonograph records including a casing, a pairof vertically spaced horizontal partitions, the lowermost'- partition having a 'slot adjacent its front end, a record carrying plate slid-able on said lowermost partition, and a 'stop depending :trom the plate and disposed Vin' the Vslot to limit sliding movement ot' said plate, said partitions being spaced apart a distance slightly greater than the length of said stop, whereby said plate may be slid out of said casing when the front end is Vraised tov remove the stop from the slot.

Il. A storage cabinet for phonograph records comprising a casing, a plurality of horizontal partitions in said casing, a record carrying plate slidably seated on eachY partition, and record holding blocks pivoted atl the rear side portions ot' each record carrying plate and movable to engage andhold records of diiferent sizes.

5. In a storage cabinet for' records, acasing, a plurality of horizontal partitions in` said casing, a record carrying plate slidably seated on eachv partition and provided with a slot adjacent its forward-edge, a transparent plate having one end extended through said slot and laterally bent to lie'- under the record carrying plate, a second plate secured onV the bottom of the record carrying plate adjacent the slot, and extended forwardly of said plate, the transparent plate being also extended forwardly Copiers ot this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner Vo! Patents,

Washington, D.C'." 

